Chapter 222

Mary chuckled softly, her laughter echoing in the quiet room before she quickly resumed her stern facade. “You brat!”

Curtis glanced at Leanne, looking for any sign of intention towards him, but found none. So, he took matters into his own hands and grabbed the gift bag she had brought.

It was empty. Nothing left.

He looked up at Leanne, searching her face for any sign of guilt, but she appeared completely at ease, not a hint of remorse in sight.

Feeling somewhat left out, especially after noticing Phillip flaunting a Montblanc pen – not that it was anything special, but still, he didn’t have one Curtis felt a sourness in his mouth as if he had just bitten into a fresh lemon.

Ungrateful girl. And after all he does for her.

“Nice. How did you know I needed a bag,” he said, holding the empty paper bag with an air of satisfaction.

Leanne was rendered speechless by his comment.

In the odd, quiet of the room, Jennifer rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming

  1. pressure monitor, was tempted to

    and there.

    unable to bear the tension any longer, cleared his throat.

    dinner?”

    servants had already laid out a lavish dinner.

    to the dining room, suggesting, “Maybe you should take off your scarf. It’ll be easier to

    agreed, “Alright, put it back on

    scarf, Leanne was about to sit

    table to Maddox and sat on the side, pulling Leanne to sit next to her. This caused Jennifer to move further down, as it

    over

    have a seat,” Jennifer was too

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    sat down, puzzled by Mary’s whimsical behavior that evening,

    why.

    to Mary, across the table

    for a while before deciding to leave.

    had the driver

    in from the cold wind, but she refused, waving until the car was out of

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